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SHRUBS IN MY GARDEN
By Pitta
8 Dec, 2009
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a general view showing a few ahrubs on a dull sunless day
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No its the Black palm named so because the trunk turns black as iys getsolder . Name in Normanbya normanbi .. Its very similar to the Foxtail palm Wodyetia bifurcata.
10 Dec, 2009
Pitta:
That was going to be my second guess...since, I kown
they are native to Australia...however, the trunk is so
thin it reminded me more of Ptychosperma caryotoides.
I know the Normanbya normanbyi at the San Diego Zoo
have pretty skinny trunks also...not as thin as your tree
though. Wodyetia bifurcata - Foxtail palms are extremely
common and widely used in landscaping in San Diego
because of their high drought tolerance.
Another up and coming very popular palm is Wodveitchia
(Wodyetia bifurcata X Veitchia arecina) - Foxy Lady Palm
which is even more attractive than Foxtail Palm...however,
less drought tolerant.
11 Dec, 2009
Thats interesting I will look it up . My pictured palm has only been planted out 3 months ,still a baby.
12 Dec, 2009
Pitta:
That explains the thin trunk. If it's been in a pot for
quite a while it will naturally have a thinner trunk.
It will gradually get wide in time...now that it's in
the ground. : > )
15 Dec, 2009
I HOPE IT THICKENS UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS
15 Dec, 2009
Pitta:
I think you'll be surprised how quickly the trunk will
thicken up....now that it's in the ground.
I see thin-trunked young Wodyetia bifurcata put in the
ground all the time...and they thicken very quickly usually
within one year.
16 Dec, 2009
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Pitta:
Love it! Is that palm Ptychosperma caryotoides?
10 Dec, 2009